John Lynch is an epidemiologist and
Professor of Public Health in the School of Population Health at the University
of Adelaide. He is also Director of the Data Management and Analysis Centre (DMAC).

He is a Visiting Professor of
Epidemiology in the School of Social and Community Medicine at the University
of Bristol (UK). He spent 20 years working in North America and before
returning to Australia in 2008 he held professorial positions at the University
of Michigan (USA) School of Public and McGill University in Canada.

He
is an internationally recognized scholar in epidemiology and public health. He
has more than 250 publications and a Scopus H-Index of 61. In 2005, the
Canadian Institutes for Health Research awarded him a Tier 1 Canada Research
Chair in Population Health. In 2007 his work in public health was recognized
with an honorary Doctorate in Medical Science
from the University of Copenhagen. In 2009 he was awarded a NHMRC Australia
Fellowship. Only thirty-nine individuals have been awarded this fellowship and
according to the NHMRC, “The
Australia Fellowships are Australia’s most prestigious award for excellence in
the fields of health and medical research.” He has been an editor of the International Journal of Epidemiology
since 2005. He currently participates in more than 10 national and
international scientific advisory boards
and review groups.

Research Interests

He
has current research projects in the areas of:

Evidence
for interventions to reduce inequalities in child health and development

Using
linked data to monitor population health and interventions to reduce
inequalities in child health and development

19.Sawyer M, Borojevic N, Lynch JW. The challenges of providing
effective support for young children and their families: Examples from the
Family Home Visiting Program in South Australia and the Family Nurse
Partnership in the UK. SA Public Health
Bulletin 2011; 7:44-47

88.Sawyer A, Gialamas A, Pearce A, Sawyer M, Lynch J. Five by Five.
Research Series No 1. University of Adelaide, September 2014.

89.Pilkington R, Chittleborough C, Smithers L, Lynch J. The SA ECHD Data Linkage Project.
Research Series No 2. University of Adelaide, September 2014.

90.Chittleborough C, Searle A, Smithers L, Lynch J. Can linked data improve risk prediction for
targeting parent support programs? Research Series No 3. University of
Adelaide, September 2014.

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